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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 27

27—Publication of electoral material

        (1)         A person must not publish electoral material or cause electoral material to be published unless the material contains—

            (a)         the name and address of the person who authorises publication of the material; and

            (b)         in the case of printed electoral material—the name and address of the printer or other person responsible for undertaking its production.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         If electoral material is published in a newspaper that has been published at intervals of one month or less over a period of at least six months immediately preceding the publication of the electoral material, the name and address of the printer need not be contained in the electoral material.

        (3)         If electoral material is published in a newspaper as a letter to the editor, it is an offence to publish the material without the name and address (not being a post box) of the writer of the letter.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.



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